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Picked this up this evening and I think it is a Samson model S. Is it a S?

Wasp nest in the hub...came with it too.

The Vane doesn't look like the one's in the womdmiller's bible. All the SAmson's I have seen had there name cast into them somewhere, but maybe they were saving labor which means saving money!

Wayne - thanks.
Upon googling the patent numbers on the gearbox, it appears to be a Samson product. The gearbox is one heavy #$&*(.
It came with a bucket of parts of which appears to be Samson...possibly a Sears Champion made by Samson is my best guess.

It's certainly a Stover product, just don't know which one. Between the S and the M I always get confused. I do have a Champion, and it actually says Sears and Roebuck on the cast iron on the bottom of the head. I don't think they all had that.

BTW, Samson was the model name, Stover was the companies name.

Windybob thanks.

This was in the bucket of parts for which I presume is an adapter to affix the turntable to the tower cap. It had “STAR” stamped in it. Hadn’t seen one before.

Hi Guys, I have an adapter plate ( supported an open geared Samson) that came off a Dandy tower. I think Stover were very clever with their marketing, by having an adapter plate to fit just about any tower top. This allowed them to sell a new Samson mill to any customer who had aworn out mill on a serviceable tower.

A Dandy tower top casting is tough to make another brand fit on for sure. Very large hole. We keep adapters on the truck, and I have several in the shop, including Stover tower tops. The help needed to install a Dempster on a H/A tower top last week. Boy that was an easy one for a change. Just put a Dempster turntable on it, with a Monitor (Hambone) neckpipe bushing for the stormstay. Wish they were all that easy.

CTX, I have not seen one of those before. Maybe because we are very light on the F & W stuff here.